fears for t n pension after talks unions representing workers at turner newall say they are 'disappointed' after talks with stricken parent firm federal mogul

un launches 210 million dollar appeal for flood hit bangladesh afp afp the united nations launched an appeal here for 210 million dollars to help flood victims facing grave food shortages after two thirds of bangladesh was submerged destroying crops and killing more than 700 people

upi newstrack sports the united states men 39 s basketball team capped off a big day for the usa by fighting off greece for a vital win 77 71 quot they played with heart quot said coach larry brown quot that 39 s all you can ask quot

kerry assails bush troop withdrawal plan afp afp democratic white house hopeful senator john kerry warned that president george w bush 's plan to withdraw 70 000 troops from europe and asia would hinder the war on terrorism and embolden north korea

colgate to cut 4 400 jobs shut plants new york reuters colgate palmolive co lt a href http www investor reuters com fullquote aspx ticker cl n target stocks quickinfo fullquote gt cl n lt a gt will cut about 4 400 jobs or 12 percent of its work force

treasury prices take a breather today new york reuters u s treasury prices paused for breath on tuesday after a blistering two session rally ran out of steam though analysts still saw room to the upside given the large short base in the market

indexes in japan fall short of hype japanese stocks have failed to measure up to an assessment made in april by merrill lynch 39 s chief global strategist david bowers who said japan was quot very much everyone 39 s favorite equity market

oil eases as iraq resumes exports lt p gt lt p gt lt p gt by andrew mitchell lt p gt lt p gt london reuters high flying oil prices eased for a second session on monday as iraq resumed exports from both its orthern and southern outlets after lengthy

intel slashes itanium prices as madison looms intel has slashed prices across the board as it prepares to get behind new processor lines due this autumn the itanium server line has seen cuts of over 30 per cent while prices for intel 39 s fastest business

brazil tops spain for men 's gold in beach volleyball athens reuters ricardo santos and emanuel rego beat spain 's javier bosma and pablo herrera 21 16 21 15 on wednesday to bag brazil 's first men 's olympic beach volleyball gold medal

blackrock to buy state street research from metlife new york august 26 new ratings blackrock inc blk nys a leading us based fixed income asset management company has reportedly agreed to buy state street research amp management company a unit of metlife inc for 375 million in a cash and

anticipation nation lincoln neb carly simon got it right a generation ago an ti ci pa tion she was n't singing about college football but out here in the heartland of america as husker nation prepares for a new season the sense of anticipation is enormous

revelations on children overboard incident put pressure on australian pm afp afp australian prime minister john howard was fighting to maintain his credibility after official transcripts backed up critics' claims about what he knew of a controversial 2001 sea rescue of boatpeople

spilled oil gas ignite in iraq 's south rumaila field basra iraq reuters oil and gas spilled during recent sabotage attacks on iraq 's southern oil pipelines ignited sunday and firefighters battled to douse the flames

carnival crowds likely to top 1m as the notting hill carnival enters its final day police say they are pleased with how it has gone so far about 250 000 people took to the streets on sunday more than double the first day last year to celebrate 40 years of

apple unveils super thin imac in paris afp afp apple computers launched the newest version of its imac model which at two inches thick is the world 's thinnest desktop computer the company said

dell debuts color laser printers three new models are designed for businesses and home office users

the playlist what 's wrong with digital music stores pc world pc world though digital music has come a long way today 's online music stores still have significant problems here 's my fix it wish list

no 19 iowa dominates kent st 39 7 ap ap drew tate threw two touchdowns in his first start and no 19 iowa turned in a dominating defensive performance to beat kent state 39 7 in the season opener saturday

possible playoff preview a 39 s take a hit in toronto but come home lt b gt lt b gt if the playoffs opened right now instead of next month the a 39 s would face the red sox in the first round again boston bounced oakland out of the

dell cuts prices on many corporate products dell on monday said it had cut prices by as much as fifth for a range of products aimed at us corporate customers as the computer maker passed along savings from cheaper components

cbs 39 s moonves gives loyalists a piece of the eye 39 s pie viacom co president and cbs chairman leslie moonves officially whacked the head of the media conglom 39 s television studio yesterday and divvied up the job among loyal cbs staffers

transactions baseball atlanta nl recalled p roman colon from greenville southern league cincinnati nl announced inf brandon larson accepted his outright assignment to louisville il tampa bay al released 1b dh randall simon recalled of midre cummings from durham il

skirmish outside gaza camp kills 5 gaza city palestinian gunmen and israeli troops fought pitched battles thursday on the outskirts of the largest refugee camp in the gaza strip with schoolchildren scampering through sandy alleyways just yards from the fighting

garcia 's girlfriend charged with assault ap ap jeff garcia 's girlfriend playboy magazine 's playmate of the year was charged with assault in a bar fight last month with a woman the cleveland browns quarterback once dated

speak to my right ear sing to my left researchers at the university of california find that the right and left human ears process sound differently the right ear is better at picking up speech like sounds and the left is more attuned to music

iraqis plead with u s to return to city ap ap u s troops barred anguished crowds from returning to their homes in the besieged city of tal afar on monday as residents described corpses scattered across orchards and the collapse of essential services such as water and electricity

nokia adopts sd card tech into storage portfolio to expand the capabilities of sd memory cards in mobile devices the sd card association has recently formed a mobile phone task force

oracle fails to inspire tech rally oracle corp handed the software industry some positive earnings news after the bell on tuesday but investors pulled cash from the sector on concerns that information technology spending has become anemic

un says more money needed for population programs the united nations released its annual population report on wednesday and it said it needs more money for population programs a top united nations official says if more money isn 39 t found for population programs

consumer prices climb jobless claims up ap ap consumer prices barely budged in august suggesting that inflation is n't currently a problem for the economy and federal reserve policy makers can stick with a gradual approach to raising interest rates

virus free macs 147 the single most effective way to avoid viruses and spyware is to simply chuck windows altogether and buy an apple macintosh 148 writes walt mossberg in the wall street journal 147 there has never been a successful virus written for mac os x and there is

gordon favored in 39 chase 39 louden nh right now things are going jeff gordon 39 s way that should enhance his chances of winning a fifth nascar championship

webex launches sales center webex communications is expanding its web conferencing service with an offering designed for sales professionals the company plans to announce this week

ask jeeves revamps search engine ask jeeves inc has made three significant enhancements to its search engine as the emeryville california company continues to take aim at its much larger competitors

giants creep up in division there was only an quot uh oh quot inning for brett tomko in the first frame as the giants pitcher gave up two home runs but the right hander got on track and breezed to a

al capsules vernon wells hit a go ahead two run triple off orlando hernandez in the seventh inning and the toronto blue jays rallied past the new york yankees 5 4 on wednesday night

pm promotes his image of mostly safe iraq ap ap it may have seemed odd that interim iraqi prime minister ayad allawi felt compelled to spend a few of his precious first minutes at the white house giving reporters a geography lesson

rumors abound about google 39 s browser lt a href http www techtree com techtree jsp showstory jsp storyid 53949 gt google browser on its way lt a gt lt font size 1 color 6f6f6f gt lt nobr gt techtree com lt nobr gt

robby gordon planning to proceed with caution robby gordon plans to join the oil spills the tire chunks the sharp pieces of debris and the other typical racetrack hazards on sunday

paralympians stripped of medals for failing tests a visually impaired cyclist from slovakia competing in the men 39 s tandem event was stripped of his silver medal and three weightlifters were slapped with two year bans after testing positive for banned substances at the athens

5 dead in dubai airport accident dubai a steel mesh wall collapsed on workers building a multi billion dollar extension to dubai 39 s international airport yesterday leaving five dead and 12 injured authorities said

chicago fed conf sees us 2005 gdp down at 3 3 pct us economic growth is expected to slow in 2005 due to rising interest rates and high crude oil prices according to a forecast of participants at a federal reserve bank of chicago conference released on monday

bluegene sneaks past earth simulator the earth simulator an nec supercomputer is surpassed at last ibm announced yesterday that its blue gene l supercomputer had achieved a sustained performance of 36

grand jury adds to healthsouth charges federal prosecutors yesterday announced new perjury and obstruction of justice charges against healthsouth corp founder richard m scrushy accusing the former chief executive of the rehabilitation

ichiro now one hit from sisler 39 s hits record in a fitting microcosm of the seattle mariners 39 season ichiro suzuki took oen more step toward history while his embattled team suffered another loss

stocks climb on strong economic data new york newly optimistic investors sent stocks sharply higher friday propelling the dow jones industrials up more than 100 points after economic data showed strength in manufacturing and construction wall street greeted the departure of peoplesoft inc 's chief executive by buying up technology

g7 fails to reach debt deal hopes of a deal to write off completely the debts of some of the world 39 s poorest countries were dashed after the group of seven rich nations club failed to reach agreement

falcons not cruising at 4 0 they 39 re working jim mora thought his team deserved a little something special his atlanta falcons with a thorough 27 10 pounding of the carolina panthers had just extended their record to 4 0 for the first time since 1986

apple releases security update 2004 09 30 maccentral maccentral apple on monday released security update 2004 09 30 which fixes two afp server and cups issues as well as problems with netinfomanager postfix and the serveradmin component in mac os x server v10 2 8 and v10 3 5 in

els looks ahead with promise after major woes london reuters after being a frustrated 'nearly man' at this year 's majors ernie els plans to make the most of a near perfect finish to the 2004 season

ca aquires computer security firm computer associates international inc as promised is back in the acquisition game scooping up its second computer security company in as many months with an agreement to buy netegrity inc

turkey is put on track for eu membership brussels in a historic move that could extend europe 's borders to the edge of the volatile middle east the european union recommended yesterday setting mostly muslim turkey on a course for full membership in the prosperous 25 nation bloc

mark cuban prompts dot com redux reporteri 39 s notebook san francisco hope and cynicism sparred to a draw on tuesday at the glitzy opening banquet of web 2 0 conference here as serial entrepreneur and reality tv show host mark cuban took the stage to talk about what 39

google sms and wireless carriers that save your text messages yesterday we covered the news that google is expanding their search to the mobile arena with their new google sms service which lets you search by sending text messages from your cellphone

yanks shock twins earn date with sox another late rally erases 4 lt b gt lt b gt just when you think you 39 ve seen it all the yankees devise a new way to win a game and torture their opponents last night they somehow landed a spot in

ken caminiti former nl mvp dies of heart attack at age 41 ken caminiti the 1996 national league most valuable player who admitted to using steroids during his major league baseball career died yesterday of a heart attack his agent said

iraqi nuclear assets 39 are missing 39 equipment which could be used to make nuclear arms has been vanishing from iraq the united nations has been warned satellite images show entire nuclear plants appear to have been dismantled

uk 's jobless level falls further unemployment in the uk fell by 51 000 between june and august to 1 39 million the lowest on record according to official figures

dual internal clocks control fruit flies study reuters reuters humans are not the only creatures with an internal biological clock fruit flies have two which separately control morning and evening activity scientists said wednesday

warne 39 s career 1992 makes test debut against india in january in two tests against india his overall figures are 1 228 australian wicketkeeper rod marsh invites him to return to the adelaide academy and his career is

iran to shun europe nuclear deal iran says it will reject any european proposal which requires it to halt its nuclear activities completely

us consumers unaware of spyware the findings come in a report from the newly formed consumer spyware initiative a joint effort by dell and the non profit internet education foundation that aims to increase awareness of spyware

hungary citizenship fails due to low turnout afp afp voters in hungary failed to turn out in sufficient numbers to pass a referendum to extend citizenship to millions of ethnic hungarians living in the region a motion that split the country and drew fire from neighboring governments

sainsbury takes profit hit j sainsbury will take a 550 million 991 million hit to profits this year as it invests to boost sales and reverse falling market share britain 39 s third biggest supermarket chain said tuesday

northwest airlines swings to 3q loss northwest airlines corp posted a third quarter loss on wednesday compared with profits a year ago due to rising fuel costs and low fare competition

panathinaikos 2 arsenal 2 arsenal keeper jens lehmann was left red faced in athens as two costly mistakes ensured that a champions league victory slipped through his side 39 s fingers again

j e robert assembles new investment fund j e robert cos completed raising 823 million from about 40 institutional and private equity investors this week

bryant 's 25 helps lakers beat clippers ap ap kobe bryant scored 25 points and the los angeles lakers got major contributions from their ever improving reserves friday night beating the clippers 113 102 in a preseason game

american woman afghan girl die after kabul blast an american woman believed to be a civilian and a young afghan girl died from their wounds after a suicide bomb attack in a busy shopping street in the afghan capital

yahoo email acquisition aims to keep google in view stata labs previously sold two products bloomba and saproxy pro which have now been withdrawn from sale saproxy was an anti spam product whilst bloomba was an email management system which allows users to

reuters poll bush keeps three point lead on kerry reuters reuters president bush holds a slim three point lead over democratic rival john kerry one week before the nov 2 presidential election according to a reuters zogby poll released on tuesday

the video ipod is coming i hope at tuesday 's unveiling of the ipod photo steve jobs repeated his contention that the ipod is the wrong place for video i doubt he 'll be saying that a year from now missing links

vietnam opens bunker used by ho chi minh ap ap behind thick concrete walls and iron doors ho chi minh and other top vietnamese leaders hid in secret underground tunnels during u s b 52 bombing raids to plot key military strategies that led to america 's defeat in the

nigerian protection force leaves for darfur an elite contingent of 50 nigerian soldiers left nigeria on thursday for darfur the first stage in the deployment of 3 000 extra african union au troops to monitor a shaky cease fire in the western sudanese region

thaksin in the firing line after massacre bangkok jeddah 29 october 2004 a bomb ripped through two bars in southern thailand yesterday killing two people and wounding about 20 in what could be the first reaction to the deaths of 78 muslims in police custody this week

update 3 adm 39 s earnings skyrocket stocks soars shares in agribusiness giant archer daniels midland co soared to a 6 1 2 year high friday fueled by a 77 percent increase in quarterly earnings

china shuts down 1600 internet cafes between february and august of this year china has shut down 1 600 internet cafes and handed out 100 million yuan fines us 12 million to cafe operators for allowing children access to violent or adult only content and games

car bomb kills at least six in baghdad a car bomb exploded outside the education ministry in central baghdad tuesday killing at least six people and wounding about eight the interior ministry said

hackers reopen stolen code store with cisco wares november 03 2004 idg news service an anonymous group of malicious hackers reopened an online store that sells the stolen source code of prominent software products and is offering the code for cisco systems inc

nfl games on tv ny jets 6 1 at buffalo 2 5 when where sunday 1 p m at orchard park n y tv ch 4 last meeting new york won 16 14 oct 10 comments the jets pulled out the first meeting 16 14 on a late 38 yard

22 spend own fortunes one wins house seat ap ap of the 22 candidates who each spent more than 36 1 million of their own money trying to win their first election to congress only one made it

safin clinches third paris masters paris reuters marat safin won the paris masters for a record equaling third time when he beat czech qualifier radek stepanek 6 3 7 6 6 3 on sunday

microsoft makes another antitrust deal software giant settles with novell and the ccia ending years of legal wrangling

supreme court asked to hear file sharing arguments the file sharing legal battle has moved to the supreme court with a group composed of labor unions sports leagues and state attorneys general asking for a hearing on a claim brought

musharraf hopeful for kashmir solution islamabad pakistan nov 10 sada president general pervez musharraf tuesday hoped that debate on options he spelt out recently on kashmir issue would take pakistan and india closer to find out the settlement of decades old dispute

ftse dips as insurers fall blue chip shares have retreated from 28 month highs with insurer royal amp sun alliance leading the losers as investors baulk at the potential for further adverse claims from its us business and a rating downgrade

sharon cautious on reopening talks the israeli prime minister ariel sharon yesterday said the death of his long time rival yasser arafat could prove to be quot a historic turning point in the middle east quot

arafat buried in chaotic scenes in west bank reuters reuters yasser arafat was buried on friday in chaotic scenes of grief and gunfire at the compound where he spent his final years encircled by the israeli army and powerless to realize his dream of a palestinian state

i quit because of recruitment problems santini tottenham manager jacques santini said he left the north london club because he was not in control of recruitment he said on french television on saturday

deficit at us pension agency soars to 23 3 billion the deficit at the federal agency that rescues failed us pension funds more than doubled to 23 3 billion in fiscal 2004 officials said on monday as the safety net was hit by losses from pension plans that have failed

powell announces his resignation secretary of state colin l powell announced his resignation monday ending four years of battles with vice president cheney and defense secretary donald h rumsfeld over the course of u s foreign policy

us doctor says evacuations body armor has helped save lives in lt b gt lt b gt the commander of the biggest us military hospital abroad said tuesday that american troops body armor and speedy evacuations appear to be helping save lives in the

stocks up after sears deal hp earnings new york reuters u s stocks ended higher on wednesday after kmart 's plan to buy sears in an 11 5 billion deal was announced and computer maker hewlett packard co lt a href http www investor reuters com fullquote aspx ticker hpq

gauging reactions to msn search last thursday msn announced the official beta launch of their search engine although a preview had been available on their sandbox site the launch marked the official unveiling of the company 39 s proprietary search technology to the general public

lab used by lapd falsified dna data and possibly dozens of pending criminal cases to determine whether critical evidence was tainted or falsified during

linux core consortium may not derail fate 39 s wheels fate may hold something of a pre determined fragmentation for linux operating systems like unix before them that even standards efforts cannot undo

google creators in share sell off google founders larry page and sergey brin have announced plans to sell millions of shares in the web search company they launched in 1998

stocks finish up apple provides a lift new york reuters u s stocks rose on monday as a higher price target for shares of apple computer inc lt a href http www investor reuters com fullquote aspx ticker aapl o target stocks quickinfo fullquote gt aapl o lt a gt

no changes for certain nortel accounting nortel networks corp nt to quote profile research said on wednesday that a far reaching revision of its faulty financials will not require accounting changes for sales of certain fiber optic equipment

detailed view of dione summary nov 25 2004 cassini took this amazing photograph of dione one of saturn 39 s larger moons on october 27 when it was 1 2 million km 746 000 miles away

wr grace is likely to face indictment in montana case by bloomberg news wr grace amp company a producer of chemicals and building material that filed for bankruptcy protection in 2001 amid thousands of asbestos related claims said yesterday

redskins steelers underway patrick ramsey makes his first second start of the season as the redskins face the afc north leading steelers at a sloppy heinz field in pittsburgh

sony ibm toshiba give details of 'cell' chip reuters reuters ibm sony corp 6758 t and toshiba corp 6502 t on monday revealed their plans for the powerful new cell processor the three are jointly producing to run next generation computers game consoles and televisions

sharman begins defense in kazaa case sharman networks the company behind the kazaa peer to peer file sharing software began its defense in a sydney court room on tuesday against charges by members of the music industry that the company aided music piracy and copyright infringement

microsoft sues over fake labels microsoft has sued eight us computer resellers who it says bought or sold counterfeit certificate of authenticity labels or genuine labels that had been separated from their related software all in breach of copyright and trade mark laws

ecb eyed rate hike but left rates steady the european central bank surprised financial markets on thursday by revealing it had considered raising interest rates even as the euro zone economy slows saying it is worried about inflationary risks

airbus boeing spat on hold the united states and the european union called a temporary timeout yesterday in their dispute over government support for aviation rivals boeing and airbus

shuttle to launch without repair kit the caib report urged nasa to develop a way for astronauts during flight to inspect the orbiter and make emergency repairs to its insulation tiles and reinforced carbon carbon panels

police peddlers clash in venezuelan city ap ap police and national guard troops fired tear gas and plastic bullets at crowds of angry street vendors in venezuela 's capital wednesday as officers tried to remove merchants from zones where they are barred from selling their wares

google founders interviewed by barbara walters google founders interviewed by barbara walters google 's founders larry page and sergey brin were interviewed last night by barbara walters on abc 's 20 20 10 most fascinating people andy beal who does n't seem to be too fond of barbara wawa pointed

southwest makes strong bid for midway gates southwest airlines has offered more than 100 million for part of ata 39 s operations at chicago 39 s midway airport if successful it could torpedo airtran airway 39 s efforts to create a hub there

braves' smoltz may rejoin team 's rotation ap ap john smoltz might rejoin the braves' rotation if atlanta finds another closer

poll i was right to let henry score referee graham poll has insisted that he acted within the laws of the game when he allowed thierry henry to take a quick free kick yesterday

firefox crosses 10m mark us web browser developer mozillas open source browser firefox has recorded over 10m downloads since it was launched in november

google partners with libraries google 39 s plan to digitally scan books so that users can access them from its internet search engine is being greeted with delight at the tiny library in my hometown of half moon bay calif

memphis activates guard williams memphis tn sports network the memphis grizzlies on wednesday activated point guard jason williams from the injured list while placing guard antonio burks on the il

fannie mae pays the price of cutting corners to look safe two regulatory agencies have concluded that fannie mae cut corners when it came to its accounting and that has severely damaged its image

bosnian serb pm resigns after war crimes criticism afp afp bosnian serb prime minister dragan mikerevic resigned a day after the international community imposed fresh sanctions against serb police and officials for allegedly protecting war crimes fugitives